Reply With QuoteThe perpendicular recording drives are best but the reg cudas are good, seatage is reliable.
So what's the consensus on these drives?
Newegg has them on sale for 95 bucks and free shipping for the 400 gig SATA's.
Yes? No?
I've been out of the loop for a while and really haven't heard much on the reliability of Seagate's.
The perpendicular recording drives are best but the reg cudas are good, seatage is reliable.
Seagate drives are good however personaly I prefer WD.
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These drives are fantastic, the raptor doesn't even have much on them.
they are not so fantastic, i got 2 of themOriginally Posted by Shagster
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I have 2 as well, your point? Benchmarks will prove my point as well if you head over to storagereview.com
The raptors still take the win enough to justify the cost.
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I have a 200 gigger.....solid
Yardy, I don't game but I do a lot of analog to digital. Dunno....you think the difference in speed would be worth it?
Really I'm looking for storage. FLAC files are eating up what space I have left out of 160 gigs.
With two of them, I'd have tons of space.
If your main goal is storage go with the barracudas ....on a side note I just picked up 2 WD 320g drives this morningYardy, I don't game but I do a lot of analog to digital. Dunno....you think the difference in speed would be worth it?
Really I'm looking for storage. FLAC files are eating up what space I have left out of 160 gigs.
With two of them, I'd have tons of space.
Last edited by Izzo; 04-28-07 at 02:21 PM. Reason: ugh..'you're'?? ..dude
My point ?
Like YOS said, Raptors takes the win ....
To be human is to choose.
It is better to die on your feet
than to live on your knees.
- Emiliano Zapata
For storage definately Barracudas, for speed Raptors .
Really I'm looking for storage. FLAC files are eating up what space I have left out of 160 gigs.
With two of them, I'd have tons of space.
To be human is to choose.
It is better to die on your feet
than to live on your knees.
- Emiliano Zapata
I have a 400GB a bit loud on seek though.
"I was once banned from a bookstore for moving all the bibles to fiction"
For storage with good performance....the 16 meg cache 'Cuda's. Liquid bearings...very quiet, cool, and known reliability.
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I didn't say they were lesser. i said they aren't as big of a lead over mainstream as they used to be.
GAH! You guys
*stomps back to XS*
Ok let me ask another question. I'm not running a server or CAD. What other applications might I actually need more hard drive speed for?
Seagate drives perform well, but are also quiet. Big plus.
Anything dealing with large files.
Video encoding, some photoshop work, cuz your a geek and want the fastest choice.
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